FF:HIB0448 Immigrant societies - Course Information

HIB0448 Immigrant societies in Western Europe after 1945

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mag. phil. Adrian Portmann, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Thu 10:50–12:25 M24

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25

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Course objectives

At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- have more thorough insights into the situation concerning post-war immigration and integration in Western Europe, including a deeper knowledge on the relevant topic in Western Europe’s main immigration countries like Germany, France, the UK, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, as well as on the situation in recent host countries like Spain and Italy;
- know the relevant literature, be able to individually seek for more information;
- improvement of passive knowledge of scholar texts in English and German;
- summarize essential facts on given topics, present them in an attractive way by making use of multimedia sources;
- interprete and argument based on acquired knowledge and deductable information during discussions

Syllabus

• Introduction:
• Contents of the course, basic terminology, presentation of basic literature and sources of reference
• General overview:
• Immigration into West European countries after 1945 – periods and cesures, main pathways of migration, basic groups of immigrants, main topics of social debates, present situation
• Analysis of immigration history and present in selected countries:
• A. Old host countries:
• Germany – France – UK – Switzerland – Netherlands – Austria – Sweden – Belgium
• B. New host countries: Spain – Portugal – Italy – Greece
• Analysis of special aspects:
• - the role of islam in European immigrant societies
• - different concepts of citizenship and naturalization in national traditions, laws and administrative practices
• - the social integration of immigrants of the first and second generation, methods of their analysis
• - dominant political debates and the occupation of the immigrant topic by parties of the far-right
• - additional topics according to students‘ proposals
• Analysis of selected books, or of some authors’ concepts:
• - example: Thilo: Deutschland schafft sich ab. München 2010 (critical views on the author’s theses and analysis of the broad social debates which were iniciated by the book)
• - additional books and authors according to students‘ proposals

Literature

• GEDDES, Andrew P.: The Politics of Migration and Immigration in Europe. London 2003.
• OLTMER, Jochen: Migration steuern und verwalten. Deutschland vom späten 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Göttingen 2003.
• FASSMANN, Heinz – MÜNZ, Rainer (ed.): Migration in Europa 1945-2000: Aktuelle Trends, soziale Folgen, politische Reaktionen. Frankfurt/Main 1996.
• PARSONS, Craig A. (ed.): Immigrations and the Transformation of Europe. New York 2006.
• MÜNZ, Rainer – SEIFERT, Wolfgang – ULRICH, Ralf (ed.): Zuwanderung nach Deutschland. Strukturen, Wirkungen, Perspektiven. Frankfurt – New York 1999.
• Enzyklopädie Migration in Europa : vom 17. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Edited by Corrie van Eijl - Marlou Schrover - Michael Schubert - Klaus J. Bade. 3. Aufl. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2010, 1156 s. ISBN 9783770541331. info
• TRIANTAFYLLIDOU, Anna and Ruby GROPAS. European immigration : a sourcebook. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007, xviii, 379. ISBN 9780754648949. URL info
• BADE, Klaus J. Evropa v pohybu : evropské migrace dvou staletí. Translated by Alexej Kusák. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005, 497 s. ISBN 8071065595. info
• BARŠOVÁ, Andrea and Pavel BARŠA. Přistěhovalectví a liberální stát : imigrační a integrační politiky v USA, západní Evropě a Česku. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2005, 308 s. ISBN 8021038756. info
• 50 Jahre Bundesrepublik - 50 Jahre Einwanderung : Nachkriegsgeschichte als Migrationsgeschichte. Edited by Jan Motte - Rainer Ohliger - Anne von Oswald. Frankfurt: Campus, 1999, 341 s. ISBN 3593363690. info

Teaching methods

- regular lessons every week
- multimedia elements (audio, video, pictures, statistical materials)
- regular text reading

The first lessons are dedicated to introducing the basic historical facts and literature. They are followed by lessons which mainly consist of oral presentations prepared by students. They will deal with the history and present of immigration and integration in selected Western European countries, or with special topics (e.g. different concepts of citizenship in national traditions, Islam in Europe, specific immigration groups, the integration of second generation immigrants – comparative analyses, theoretical concepts of certain authors, „classic“ arguments in political debates on immigration). Oral presentations are completed by a plenary discussion, as well as by commentaries and a review of the given topic by the teacher.

Assessment methods

- regular presence
- active participation in discussions
- reading of compulsory literature on the IS
- oral presentation of about 15 to 25 mins

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
General note: Kurs probíhá v rámci projektu č. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/15.0232 Multikulturní výchova, který je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.

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